Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-03-04
plank were


nailed with tenpenny nails and the plank
used was only half-seasoned, SO as not to-
buckle by reason of the m DISTURB f1om the
cut corn. In this way made tight, air.
tight box IL feet long, IL feet wide and II
feet high. which, when full would contain
1928 cubic feet Of space. The plank were
naiieA,to good, strong studs SO as to keep
them from bulglng or pressing out when
tightly packed with cut Corn and weighted
down. The pressure on the corn will act
just as the screw does on apple pumace or
weight on cheese which you wish to
compress, that is will press down and out.
and the framing must be strong enough to
resst this pressure 80 as not to open
cracks in the joints of your plank. Two
courses of inch pine or other plank thus
put together will be all that is needed if
you make good tight joints and nail it
we'll. prefer pine TO oak or other plank,
because 1t comes and goes with the
weather less, and therefore will keep tight
liable to rot than oak, &c. On this sort of
a building there must be good tight roof
to keep off rain and hot sun, and would
advise weather boarding the sides so as to
keep off the hot sun rays, which of course
would have tendency to open the joints
and let in air
Your second question-''If built on top
of the ground would concrete wall foot
thick answer?' l should say it would; tn Q
only fear should have would be that the
pressure would bulge it out and crush it.
3rd question-''I keep about 40 head of
cattle. rs head Of sheep and horses, what
of stock?" A cubic foot of ensilage weighs
from 40 to so pounds; a daily "a
ton for a cow is so or go
pounds therefore it is only neces-
sary to allow one and one-half cubic feet
for each COW daily, to tell how large silo
is wanted. One cubic foot is estimated to
keep sheep week in good condition, 1
should allow sheep to equal one COW.
You have therefore the equivalent of 50
cattle to feed, say go. You will therefore
uCCo " Sup1C ACCC AOl CdCA II uOulS Ok lGeu
or daily ration. AS you will need to feed,
say $50 days, you will need building that
will hold 150x90=13, 500 cubic feet of com
pressed ensilage. AS it congresses say is
in bulk, you had best provide Is 900 cubic
feet, which would require a box 30x5OxlO
deep. Such box should be divided by
plank partitions into three rooms each
10x50x10 deep. With door in the end of
each, for reasons l will explain further on.
Now the above would be very large ra-
Jlon and really more than should adv Use.
uss l cubic foot to each cow daily and
let them have all the straw they want to
extend the paunch. If this would be done
by you then you will only need 10000 Gu
bic feet or two rooms. 10x50x1O deeb in
stead of three.
Your next question-"W What would silo
Say IL feet wide, Is feet d ep and 20 feet
long COST" Such silo will require for a
double floor 2 (12x20)-4sO feet of IL inch
wide plank-.alow LIS for matching and
waste say 900 feet; sides 15x2O and 2
sides 12x15 doubled will require 64x3O=
1920, add Is for dressing and cutting,
say 2,400 feet IL inch wide and inch
thick plank, or in all say 5000 feet half
dry plank. For framing it will require,
say 1000 feet of 6x6 scantling, 300 feet of
2x12 flooring joist, 1850 feet of weather
boarding. 300 feet of 2x4 rafters. 300 feet
of sheathing, and say 5000 shingles for
roof, also two thicknesses of plank to put
on top after full, 500 feel. Therefore
your bill would be as follows, viz.
/ Say $500 feet plank at $780,. S 81 so
e. 1900 feet common Trainings.
I at $12 co.. ................ "a On
| 1000 shingles at So 50........... 10 so
Nails 100 Id at $780,. 90
Carpenter and helper-4 days. 12 90
!, Such building will last for at least ten